Silvio Berlusconi may be envied by many but he is an angry man

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Silvio Berlusconi is fond of repeating that Italians “like me as I am” — or even that all of them “want to be like me”, as he said this week. He has a point: many (especially the male half) look at his lifestyle — villas, yachts, beautiful women — and say beato lui, lucky him.

The latest allegations about women paid to attend his parties and in some cases have sex with him will not in themselves bring him down; there have been similar stories since his wife asked for a divorce in May.